• The dependency on org.eclipse.jetty.ee11:jetty-ee11-servlets has been removed from spring-boot-jetty as it was unnecessary and unused. If your application code depends on a class from jetty-ee11-servlets, declare a dependency on it in your build configuration. #48677

• No TransactionAutoConfiguration with spring-boot-starter-kafka for Spring Boot 4 #48880
• Evaluation of bean conditions unnecessarily queries the bean factory for types that are not present #48840
• When a bean condition references a type that is not present, it appears as ? in the condition evaluation report #48838
• SessionAutoConfiguration creates a DefaultCookieSerializer with a default SameSite of null instead of Lax #48830
• Setting graphql schema location to "classpath*:graphql/**/" causes failure due to incorrectly packaged test resource #48829
• Message interpolation by MVC and WebFlux's Validators does not work correctly in a native image #48828
• CloudFoundry integration fails in Servlet-based web app without a dependency on spring-boot-starter-restclient #48826
• RestTestClientAutoConfiguration and TestRestTemplateAutoConfiguration should be package-private #48820
• SSL metrics are no longer auto-configured #48819
• Actuator /info endpoint fails in Java 25 Native Image (VirtualThreadSchedulerMXBean support) #48812
• DataSourceBuilder cannot create oracle.ucp.jdbc.PoolDataSourceImpl in a native image #48703
• The spring-boot-cloudfoundry module should only have an optional dependency on spring-boot-security #48685
• Application JAR created by extract command is not reproductible #48678
• AOT processing of tests should not be disabled when 'skipTests' is set #48662
• @SpringBootTest(webEnvironment = WebEnvironment.RANDOM_PORT) is no longer applied to the management server #48653
• Fix zero-length byte buffer in InspectedContent #48650
• Can no longer override JacksonJsonHttpMessageConverter with ServerHttpMessageConvertersCustomizer #48635
• HttpServiceClientProperties incorrectly uses the @ConfigurationProperties annotation on a LinkedHashMap class #48616
• spring-boot-micrometer-tracing-opentelemetry fails if spring-boot-opentelemetry isn't there #48585
• App fails to start with starter-webmvc and starter-zipkin #48581
• Micrometer test modules should have an api dependency on micrometer-observation-test #48386

• Fix typo in REST client documentation #48907
• Remove duplicate word #48874
• Document support for configuring arguments passed to Docker Compose #48806
• The documentation related to EnvironmentPostProcessor links to deprecated interface #48803
• Update documentation for Buildpack's AOT Cache support #48769
• Correct docs to use new location for error handling configuration properties #48767
• Document spring-boot-starter-cloudfoundry on Cloud Foundry Support Page #48675
• Clarify javadoc to make it clear that HazelcastConfigCustomizer beans are only applied if Hazelcast is configured via a config file #48659
• Example using excludeDevtools property should document that optional dependencies should be enabled #48641
• Fix grammar and typos in the reference guide #48601
• Update Tracing section for Spring Boot 4's modularity #48576

• Upgrade to Classmate 1.7.3 #48783
• Upgrade to Elasticsearch Client 9.2.3 #48721
• Upgrade to Hibernate 7.2.1.Final #48857
• Upgrade to HttpClient5 5.5.2 #48784
• Upgrade to Jackson 2 Bom 2.20.2 #48910
• Upgrade to Jackson Bom 3.0.4 #48931
• Upgrade to JUnit Jupiter 6.0.2 #48785
• Upgrade to Lettuce 6.8.2.RELEASE #48859
• Upgrade to Logback 1.5.24 #48786
• Upgrade to Logback 1.5.25 #48885
• Upgrade to Micrometer 1.16.2 #48712
• Upgrade to Micrometer Tracing 1.6.2 #48713
• Upgrade to Native Build Tools Plugin 0.11.4 #48911
• Upgrade to Pooled JMS 3.1.9 #48787
• Upgrade to Postgresql 42.7.9 #48886
• Upgrade to R2DBC MSSQL 1.0.4.RELEASE #48858
• Upgrade to Reactor Bom 2025.0.2 #48714
• Upgrade to Spring AMQP 4.0.2 #48832
• Upgrade to Spring Batch 6.0.2 #48715
• Upgrade to Spring Data Bom 2025.1.2 #48716
• Upgrade to Spring Framework 7.0.3 #48717
• Upgrade to Spring GraphQL 2.0.2 #48718
• Upgrade to Spring HATEOAS 3.0.2 #48834
• Upgrade to Spring Integration 7.0.2 #48833
• Upgrade to Spring Kafka 4.0.2 #48719
• Upgrade to Spring Pulsar 2.0.2 #48720
• Upgrade to WebJars Locator Lite 1.1.3 #48788
• Upgrade to XML Maven Plugin 1.2.1 #48887

Thank you to all the contributors who worked on this release:

@GaoSSR, @ShaunHaldane, @Zuohuang-Cai, @izeye, @mspiess, @ngocnhan-tran1996, and @philipbolting

Full Changelog: https://github.com/Activiti/Activiti/compare/7.20.0-rc.945...7.20.0-rc.946

Full Changelog: https://github.com/Activiti/Activiti/compare/7.20.0-rc.944...7.20.0-rc.945

• Evaluation of bean conditions unnecessarily queries the bean factory for types that are not present #48836
• When a bean condition references a type that is not present, it appears as ? in the condition evaluation report #48835
• Actuator /info endpoint fails in Java 25 Native Image (VirtualThreadSchedulerMXBean support) #48810
• DataSourceBuilder cannot create oracle.ucp.jdbc.PoolDataSourceImpl in a native image #48702
• Application JAR created by extract command is not reproductible #48664
• AOT processing of tests should not be disabled when 'skipTests' is set #48661
• Fix zero-length byte buffer in InspectedContent #48649

• Update documentation for Buildpack's AOT Cache support #48768
• Document support for configuring arguments passed to Docker Compose #48657
• Clarify javadoc to make it clear that HazelcastConfigCustomizer beans are only applied if Hazelcast is configured via a config file #48634
• Fix grammar and typos in the reference guide #48596

• Upgrade to Classmate 1.7.3 #48775
• Upgrade to Hibernate 6.6.41.Final #48881
• Upgrade to HttpClient5 5.5.2 #48777
• Upgrade to Logback 1.5.25 #48882
• Upgrade to Micrometer 1.15.8 #48705
• Upgrade to Micrometer Tracing 1.5.8 #48706
• Upgrade to Pooled JMS 3.1.9 #48779
• Upgrade to Postgresql 42.7.9 #48883
• Upgrade to R2DBC MSSQL 1.0.4.RELEASE #48847
• Upgrade to Reactor Bom 2024.0.14 #48707
• Upgrade to REST Assured 5.5.7 #48884
• Upgrade to Spring AMQP 3.2.9 #48909
• Upgrade to Spring Data Bom 2025.0.8 #48708
• Upgrade to Spring Integration 6.5.6 #48921
• Upgrade to Spring Kafka 3.3.12 #48709
• Upgrade to Spring Pulsar 1.2.14 #48710
• Upgrade to Undertow 2.3.22.Final #48848
• Upgrade to WebJars Locator Lite 1.1.3 #48780

Thank you to all the contributors who worked on this release:

@GaoSSR, @izeye, and @ngocnhan-tran1996

• build(deps): bump the github-actions group across 1 directory with 4 updates by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/Activiti/Activiti/pull/5272
• build(deps-dev): bump org.codehaus.mojo:versions-maven-plugin from 2.20.1 to 2.21.0 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/Activiti/Activiti/pull/5271
• build(deps-dev): bump org.postgresql:postgresql from 42.7.8 to 42.7.9 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/Activiti/Activiti/pull/5270

Full Changelog: https://github.com/Activiti/Activiti/compare/7.20.0-rc.943...7.20.0-rc.944

• fc1d834: [rb] clear GIT_DIR before running RBS collection install (Titus Fortner)
• 75aa695: [build] fix storage location of nightly release files (Titus Fortner)

Full Changelog: https://github.com/Activiti/Activiti/compare/7.20.0-rc.942...7.20.0-rc.943

Full Changelog: https://github.com/Activiti/Activiti/compare/7.20.0-rc.941...7.20.0-rc.942

• 15a65fa: Update mirror info (Wed Jan 21 00:26:30 UTC 2026) (Selenium CI Bot)
• 391e2bd: [java] Improve error message for died grid (#16938) (Andrei Solntsev) #16938
• 67618c6: [dotnet][rb][java][js][py] Automated Browser Version Update (#16959) (Selenium CI Bot) #16959

Full Changelog: https://github.com/Activiti/Activiti/compare/7.20.0-rc.940...7.20.0-rc.941